Spire Rock Campground

• Camp sites: 17
• Trash Pickup: Yes
• Firewood: $10.00 / bundle

Facilities

The campground offers single-family campsites and an overnight, GROUP AREA (SITE 12), that can be used for overnight camping or day-use picnicking. Picnic tables and campfire rings are provided, as are vault toilets.

No drinking water is available in the campground. Campers must bring their own water. Roads and parking spurs within the campground are gravel.

Natural Features

The campground sits next to Storm Castle Creek, a tributary of the Gallatin River, at an elevation of 5,600 feet. Most campsites are located along the creek and are surrounded by spruce and fir trees.

A variety of wildlife makes its home in the area. Visitors can often glimpse bald eagles, bighorn sheep, moose, elk, mountain goats, deer and coyotes. Black bears and grizzly bears also live in the canyon.

Recreation

Great opportunities for hiking, fishing, scenic driving and wildlife viewing are available around the campground. Anglers cast for rainbow, brown, brook and cutthroat trout, whitefish and Arctic grayling on the Gallatin River. Rafting and kayaking are popular activities as well.

The popular Storm Castle Trail begins nearby. This steep, 3-mile one-way trail climbs to Storm Castle Rock, with excellent views of the canyon below. Garnet Mountain Lookout Trail also begins near the campground. The 3.5-mile trail climbs 2,800 feet in elevation, to the lookout.

Need to Know

• Bears frequent the area; all food must be stored in approved containers and secured when campsite is unoccupied.
• Drinking water is not available at the campground.
• The first two vehicles are included in the reservation fee and a $9.00/night fee for each additional vehicle will be collected at the campground.
• Don't Move Firewood.
• Reserved campsites will be held until check-out time on the day following your scheduled
• No RV Dump Station
• There are NO Shower facilities available at this campground.